Igor Laptev Photography

Igor Laptev is internationally renowned landscape and travel photographer based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past twenty years Igor has created a tremendous amount of works, many of which can be found in private collections all over the world and published in numerous art publications. Igor's travel assignments took him around the globe. Just the recent photography trips include India, Hawaii, Israel, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Over the past few years Igor has conducted a number of travel and landscape photography workshops and masterclasses and recently, together with his friend and colleague Andrew Maidanik, Igor has launched a photography school where he is actively involved in writing a curriculum and co-organizing the workshops and masterclasses.

All the details for the Fall in Ontario Landscape Photography Masterclass have been finalized. Masterclass will be held on Sunday, October 7th, 2012 in Muskoka, Ontario, at multiple locations. This masterclass-workshop will be led by two instructors – myself and my colleague Andrew Maidanik. Masterclass will begin at sunrise and will end at sunset, for a total duration of approximately 16 hours.

Fall on Ontario - Landscape Photography Masterclass-Workshop

Fall in Ontario, is by far, the most beautiful time of the year! And what else could be more quintessentially Canadian than forests full of red maple leafs? Every Canadian photographer’s portfolio should include such shots, since we are extremely lucky to live in such unique geographic location where such amazing bright colors are possible.

This will be an unforgettable, educational and adventurous experience, workshop is a real treat for any landscape photographer. The group will travel to Muskoka, Ontario in two passenger vans, leaving Toronto at 3 A.M. to catch the sunrise, and then will travel to several most scenic Muskoka locations, finishing with sunset shots and coming back to Toronto around 9 P.M. We will shoot from amazing lookout points, catch fall colours reflected in the rapids and learn techniques of photographing the waterfalls.

The masterclass will be held in a very similar manner as all our workshops and masterclasses – with very detailed explanations and instructions of how to create great shots that will become centerpieces of your portfolio. We will share not only the secret locations, unknown even to most locals, but also many techniques that will help you take the landscape shots that you will absolutely be proud of!

Locations have been scouted very wisely taking into consideration the amount of equipment we have to carry. The group won’t have to do much walking – we will drive up to shooting locations as close as possible.

For this masterclass you will need:

•DSLR with a wide angle lens (14-24 or 12-24 and/or 17-35 and/or 24-70m)
•70-200 or 70-300 is strongly recommended
•Polarizing filter
•Coking filter holder with ND graduated filter
•Remote control is strongly recommended
•Lots of storage space
•Tripod
•Comfortable hiking shoes
•Warm clothing
•Packed lunch
•Thermos with tea/coffee
Do not miss this incredible opportunity, as this masterclass can only be held once a year. There is a very short window of opportunity for the most vivid fall colours, literally only one week when colours are the best before the leafs fall down. The group is strictly limited to 12 students – 6 passengers in each van.

Summer is here and we should take every possible opportunity to shoot outside! We are extremely lucky, as our unique geographic location presents us with a large number of absolutely amazing waterfalls literally just an hour drive from Toronto. Niagara Escarpment region is full of hidden gems, that we will present to you.

This will be an unforgettable, educational and adventurous experience, a real treat for any landscape photographer – hosted by me and well-known Toronto photographer Andrew Maidanik.

The group will travel to Hamilton Region, Ontario in two passenger vans, leaving Toronto at 3:30 A.M. to catch the sunrise, and then will travel to several most scenic Escarpment Falls locations, finishing at noon. We will learn the techniques of sunrise photography and most importantly the techniques of shooting waterfalls and rapids.

The masterclass will be held in a very similar manner as all our workshops and masterclasses – with very detailed explanations and instructions of how to create great shots that will be centerpieces of your portfolio. We will share not only the secret locations, unknown even to most locals, but also many techniques that will help you take the shots that you will absolutely be proud of!

This will be approximately 9 hour workshop. We will choose the locations very wisely, considering the amount of equipment we have to carry, so we won’t have to do much walking and will drive up to shooting locations as close as possible.

For this masterclass you will need:

DSLR with a wide angle lens (14-24 or 12-24 and/or 17-35, 24-70m)

70-200 or 70-300 is strongly recommended

Polarizing filter

Coking filter holder with ND graduated filter

Remote control

Lots of storage space

Tripod

Comfortable hiking shoes

Warm clothing

Packed lunch

Thermos with tea/coffee

PARTICIPANTS THAT WILL PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION WILL RECEIVE A $25 DISCOUNT – PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANIZERS FOR DETAILS.